I reside in Ibadan and I have 1million naira I want to invest in any agriculture enterprise. I need suggestions.

N.B: I have I an acre of land also

fish farming is a lucrative business. At least wit ur capital u can earn double in 6month's during harvest.

Catfish farming bro. That thing is low key gold mine.

Bonn01:
I reside in Ibadan and I have 1million naira I want to invest in any agriculture enterprise. I need suggestions.

N.B: I have I an acre of land also

Go get some practical agribusiness training first
Not projector nor class room ooo
Real farm that is working and productive
Spend not less than 3-6 months to acquire knowledge
You can then decide on what to do

Bonn01:
I reside in Ibadan and I have 1million naira I want to invest in any agriculture enterprise. I need suggestions.

N.B: I have I an acre of land also

Never invest in business you have little or no knowledge about. Get the knowledge first

invest in garri processing n raised 400 birds of noiler

@kunleweb, good suggestion. I understand you very well.

OP, be an entrepreneur before becoming a farmer. There is wealth of information here on nairaland you can use. However, it may be exhausting, and you may not know where to start. I feel you.

Let me help you, start with market research to know what to do.

First: Decide if it is long term biz or short term.
Second: livestock or crops.
Third: Do you want to own a farm or you want to do processing and packaging?

And many more questions you must answer.

1 million naira is nothing these days. At the same time, you can use it to build a good business. So, it can fly away in just a twinkling of an eye, or can build an empire.

Listen, if you are smart, you do not need to attend any training on farm for 6 months. Some people need it, while some do not. I did not attend any training before I started. I trained myself. All I did was to attach myself to experts. And today, those experts consult me. Also, buying seed from sellers who work with experienced farmers is rewarding. As soon as they know you are their customer, they can even visit your farm.

But if you think you need to be on farm for 12 months, go for it. For livestock, try to make yourself worthy so you can observe a farmer. There are procedures you must learn with livestocks, and secrets you must know. You may need to know hydroponic to survive some livestock businesses, and you may need to formulate your feed to perform excellently in others. You may need to study hard too. Do not be deceived, you will need the internet for serious research, except you want to rely on another person. And once you do that, you cannot be better than him/her.

I think it is easier to start crops than livestocks. Just my own accessment. And it seems the profit in crops is more than livestocks farming. Just my personal opinion too.

If you have time, and you can monitor your farm, go for veggie. If you do not have time, go for trees: papaya or plantain. Make sure you make research very well. Do not just buy suckers from anyone. You can get good deals. I mean excellent deals than those on this nairaland.

Let me ask you, if you are doing plantain or papaya, are you going to stay with a farmer in the bush for 6 months to learn? Maybe with veggie, ok. Maybe. But even you are doing veggie, it may not take you that long period to get it right. It is a fact I can defend anywhere. And you do not need to suffer yourself in the bush for the sake of learning. You can teach yourself. The teacher teaching you might not attend 6 months program when s(he) started, so why can't you not do it without 6 months training? But anyone whose intelligence level is low may stay up to 12 months and serve the trainer very well. Not bad! It is a matter of choice.

Let me ask you this again. There are big boys in the oil sector that own farms. Do you think they went for training in a bush for 6 months? Let us be realistic. Where is the time to go for training? OP, if you're rich, and you've like 30 million naira to invest, do you see yourself spending 6 months in a bush? Be realistic.

So, ask yourself, what did those successful people do? Go ask most of those who jumped to farm for 6 months training without carrying out proper research, they graduated, and started working for big boys earning N30,000 to N50,000 monthly salary. It is a fact. You have this 1 million naira, make sure you do not squander it. If you do, you will also turn to " a beg to apply as a supervisor/manager on farms, i learned in the bush for 12 months, I am experienced" lol..

Market Research First! Business Research follows! Then, get involved with people who will help, and not those who will destroy you. It is a process you need to take. When you have carried out your research excellently, no one can easily destroy you. But when you are lazy, you are a free meat for them.

It is your money. Sit down, make thorough research. Find fish farmers and ask many questions. When you are done, move to a pig farmers. Snail, poultry, grasscutter, rabbit, cattle, goat, sheep, etc. Take note everything. Then, move to crops: cassava, plantain, pineapple, veggie, papaya, etc.

I feel your pain sir. I can give you free info on veggie, papaya, plantain, pineapple and some other stuff. Then, i can link you with another trusted farmer who can add more to it, and also give you info on fish, poultry, rabbit and grasscutter. If he knows you are from me, he will attend to you. I can give you livestock info, but I will let the guy who knows short cuts and deeper secrets to take you. Afterall, if I want to do any of them, I will have to consult him too.

Thenafter, approach other farmers for more info. Compare everytning you have. Then, sit down and decide what you want to do. It will take you time, but it is worth it at the end of the day.

I do not spoon feed. If you can tweak your brain, you will enjoy working with me. If you cannot, you will find it frustrating. It is the truth. Decision making is a process.

More areas of thought:

1. I want to recover my investment fast, and my level of risk taking is high.

2. I want an extreme low risk area, and I do not mind low ROI. I just do not want to lose my money

3. I can afford to spend millions continuously for 5 years before making profit. But when the profit starts coming, they are like money rituals.

4. I cannot visit my farms, except on weekends.

5. I have more than enough time to sleep on farm and monitor workers. And so on.....


Send me email or get me through telegram. Best of luck!

divide the money into two n try your hand with 500k when it kicks off den you add d rest cos from what I read on dis section every day d first time usually involves losses if not properly handled
thank you

I have been seeing you advice guys on every type of agriculture

I will sure equate that to you running a successful farm or farms

But sincerely with 1 million naira.!!!!
I still maintain the OP go for intensive training first on what he want to learn.

He would have finish spending the money moving from place to place with all you suggested below.

You said big boys in oil company
Big boys have plenty funds to play with

They can afford to lose because they have plenty

No real practising farmer be it the big boys or the billionaires will not get knowledge before venturing into the farm

I know you are knowledgeable but sincerely the advise below is sending down his fund to the drain

Agriculture is not abracadabra
Ask the big boys how much they have committed

You will be amazed.

Millions have gone in to farm with the below mindset.
Where are they?

Spending 12 months in your so called bush is not even enough.

After all he is planning to make money from that bush.

Or will he farm in his house?

He will still have to stay in that same bush for years

Yes like I said you re knowledgeable

But what you write down here is not for a youth starting up

It's for people that have plenty funds to play with.

And the advantage of working for farm owners collecting N30,000 or N50,000 are

1. He will be learning from someone experience and mistake

2. He Will ne getting paid while learning

3. He will still have his 1 million intact in the bank

4. He would be at the advantage of saving more for his intending farm.

It sound easy penning it down how you learn without getting trained

But you met with some expert from what you wrote

And I can almost bet if you are now a billionaire from all the experience you have accumulated on the farm you won't be on nairaland right now.

Personally I know I won't be cause I will be tending to my business activities or being in the Bahamas relaxing

And if you are because you won't to be a mentor, what to do would have been to adopt him and let him learn from your wealth of knowledge for free

I am even tempted to come and learn from your farm business because you have a whole lot of experience if you will give me a free pass

Shallom

fluentinfor:
@kunleweb, good suggestion. I understand you very well.

OP, be an entrepreneur before becoming a farmer. There is wealth of information here on nairaland you can use. However, it may be exhausting, and you may not know where to start. I feel you.

Let me help you, start with market research to know what to do.

First: Decide if it is long term biz or short term.
Second: livestock or crops.
Third: Do you want to own a farm or you want to do processing and packaging?

And many more questions you must answer.

1 million naira is nothing these days. At the same time, you can use it to build a good business. So, it can fly away in just a twinkling of an eye, or can build an empire.

Listen, if you are smart, you do not need to attend any training on farm for 6 months. Some people need it, while some do not. I did not attend any training before I started. I trained myself. All I did was to attach myself to experts. And today, those experts consult me. Also, buying seed from sellers who work with experienced farmers is rewarding. As soon as they know you are their customer, they can even visit your farm.

But if you think you need to be on farm for 12 months, go for it. For livestock, try to make yourself worthy so you can observe a farmer. There are procedures you must learn with livestocks, and secrets you must know. You may need to know hydroponic to survive some livestock businesses, and you may need to formulate your feed to perform excellently in others. You may need to study hard too. Do not be deceived, you will need the internet for serious research, except you want to rely on another person. And once you do that, you cannot be better than him/her.

I think it is easier to start crops than livestocks. Just my own accessment. And it seems the profit in crops is more than livestocks farming. Just my personal opinion too.

If you have time, and you can monitor your farm, go for veggie. If you do not have time, go for trees: papaya or plantain. Make sure you make research very well. Do not just buy suckers from anyone. You can get good deals. I mean excellent deals than those on this nairaland.

Let me ask you, if you are doing plantain or papaya, are you going to stay with a farmer in the bush for 6 months to learn? Maybe with veggie, ok. Maybe. But even you are doing veggie, it may not take you that long period to get it right. It is a fact I can defend anywhere. And you do not need to suffer yourself in the bush for the sake of learning. You can teach yourself. The teacher teaching you might not attend 6 months program when s(he) started, so why can't you not do it without 6 months training? But anyone whose intelligence level is low may stay up to 12 months and serve the trainer very well. Not bad! It is a matter of choice.

Let me ask you this again. There are big boys in the oil sector that own farms. Do you think they went for training in a bush for 6 months? Let us be realistic. Where is the time to go for training? OP, if you're rich, and you've like 30 million naira to invest, do you see yourself spending 6 months in a bush? Be realistic.

So, ask yourself, what did those successful people do? Go ask most of those who jumped to farm for 6 months training without carrying out proper research, they graduated, and started working for big boys earning N30,000 to N50,000 monthly salary. It is a fact. You have this 1 million naira, make sure you do not squander it. If you do, you will also turn to " a beg to apply as a supervisor/manager on farms, i learned in the bush for 12 months, I am experienced" lol..

Market Research First! Business Research follows! Then, get involved with people who will help, and not those who will destroy you. It is a process you need to take. When you have carried out your research excellently, no one can easily destroy you. But when you are lazy, you are a free meat for them.

It is your money. Sit down, make thorough research. Find fish farmers and ask many questions. When you are done, move to a pig farmers. Snail, poultry, grasscutter, rabbit, cattle, goat, sheep, etc. Take note everything. Then, move to crops: cassava, plantain, pineapple, veggie, papaya, etc.

I feel your pain sir. I can give you free info on veggie, papaya, plantain, pineapple and some other stuff. Then, i can link you with another trusted farmer who can add more to it, and also give you info on fish, poultry, rabbit and grasscutter. If he knows you are from me, he will attend to you. I can give you livestock info, but I will let the guy who knows short cuts and deeper secrets to take you. Afterall, if I want to do any of them, I will have to consult him too.

Thenafter, approach other farmers for more info. Compare everytning you have. Then, sit down and decide what you want to do. It will take you time, but it is worth it at the end of the day.

I do not spoon feed. If you can tweak your brain, you will enjoy working with me. If you cannot, you will find it frustrating. It is the truth. Decision making is a process.

More areas of thought:

1. I want to recover my investment fast, and my level of risk taking is high.

2. I want an extreme low risk area, and I do not mind low ROI. I just do not want to lose my money

3. I can afford to spend millions continuously for 5 years before making profit. But when the profit starts coming, they are like money rituals.

4. I cannot visit my farms, except on weekends.

5. I have more than enough time to sleep on farm and monitor workers. And so on.....


Send me email or get me through telegram. Best of luck!

Bonn01:
I reside in Ibadan and I have 1million naira I want to invest in any agriculture enterprise. I need suggestions.

N.B: I have I an acre of land also

Let me share few of my farm experience with you

In 2013, I read so many of the exploits that people wrote on nairaland.

How they make 2million from 1 acre of cassava.

Someone said he is making N2million from cucumber farm

And so many others

All this their exploits lead me to farm.

I started with 20 hectares of cassava
Which completely flopped

All the information on nairaland or internet are quite different from what you get to meet on ground

Price of crops or livestock fluctuates
Cassava currently sell for N20,000 per 3 tonnes in my place

Not to divert

I move to planting corn, on several acres too.
Still the same thing


Cucumber I have been there
Tomatoes
Pawpaw
Soyabeans
Yam
Eggplant
Etc

All they give on line are projections.
Most of the people that advise online don't have a farm.


They knew nothing about the farm other than what they read in books

I am still in the farm and we are getting better because we have adopted a new farming system

My team grow vegetables.

Sure they will tell you it's the easiest thing to grow

Don't mind them ooo
It's all fables

Every crop has its delicacy

Even livestock

We have done chickens
We have done rabbits

We even have an industrial incubators for hatching eggs.

I told my team let's face one and grow it well.

So we set aside the poultry and rabbits pending

Check the gric section on nairaland.

Most of this advisers only last for few months or years

They are nowhere to be found

Someone that told me he make 2 million from cucumber showing the pictures we get to realise it's someone else farm

So many abounds

A word is enough for the wise
Shallom

jethro2:
I have been seeing you advice guys on every type of agriculture

I will sure equate that to you running a successful farm or farms

But sincerely with 1 million naira.!!!!
I still maintain the OP go for intensive training first on what he want to learn.

He would have finish spending the money moving from place to place with all you suggested below.

You said big boys in oil company
Big boys have plenty funds to play with

They can afford to lose because they have plenty

No real practising farmer be it the big boys or the billionaires will not get knowledge before venturing into the farm

I know you are knowledgeable but sincerely the advise below is sending down his fund to the drain

Agriculture is not abracadabra
Ask the big boys how much they have committed

You will be amazed.

Millions have gone in to farm with the below mindset.
Where are they?

Spending 12 months in your so called bush is not even enough.

After all he is planning to make money from that bush.

Or will he farm in his house?

He will still have to stay in that same bush for years

Yes like I said you re knowledgeable

But what you write down here is not for a youth starting up

It's for people that have plenty funds to play with.

And the advantage of working for farm owners collecting N30,000 or N50,000 are

1. He will be learning from someone experience and mistake

2. He Will ne getting paid while learning

3. He will still have his 1 million intact in the bank

4. He would be at the advantage of saving more for his intending farm.

It sound easy penning it down how you learn without getting trained

But you met with some expert from what you wrote

And I can almost bet if you are now a billionaire from all the experience you have accumulated on the farm you won't be on nairaland right now.

Personally I know I won't be cause I will be tending to my business activities or being in the Bahamas relaxing

And if you are because you won't to be a mentor, what to do would have been to adopt him and let him learn from your wealth of knowledge for free

I am even tempted to come and learn from your farm business because you have a whole lot of experience if you will give me a free pass

Shallom

I have read so much from your thread too. And I always read you are always first to say go stay in bush.

No one is saying they must not learn. I learned. I can point to 3 or 4 people even on this nairaland who never stepped on farm to do 6 months course. For what? That Mr. A wants to stay in bush for 2 years and learn, does not mean Mr. B is not proactive and cannot add one plus one to get two.

So, for plaintain and papaya, does he need to stay in bush for 6 months? For cassava, does he need to stay in bush for one year? At least, allow him decide if he is going to settle for veggie, before proposing your six months training. . He can decide to even do livestock. Don't you get it? Why rush to tell him 12 months to set up papaya, plantain training is needed?

That he attends traning does not mean he cannot lose his money. Would the teacher follow him to market to sell his products when he finally finishes the so called 6 months training.

See, let the man make his research himself. Making research does not leave a single kobo from his pocket. After his resesrch if he decides to go for 10 years training, so be it. If he feels plaintain is the best for him, let him find the best place to get suckers, and negotiate well. If it is papaya, he can buy seeds or seedlings. And let him get the basis well. There is absolutely no need for any training if he choses either of the crops. Or is it 12 months cassava training?

No one is saying training is wrong. But let him do the first thing. Let him start from the market, and not from farm. That we train people does not mean we push anyone to train. If the fellow is sound, he can always teach himself and I insist. If he decides to learn by himself, so be it. He can come out fine. It is his money.

There are benefits of working in groups. But it is not for everyone.

I think you are pro organic, so I do not see how you can come learn with me cos I am not crazy about organic. I use pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizer. So, there is no point for me to come learn on your farm, and you vice versa.

If you train people, and they are succesful, good luck to them. The man only asked for opinion, and you gave yours, and I gave mine. Madam/Sir, it is always good to respect people's opinion. No need to attack anyone. I have seen you attack people unnecessarily. Not good at all.

Everyone has failed at one point. We all have our stories to tell. I have shared bad stories from my experience. So to say it is a must to go for 6 months training is not right. If your 3 to 6 months training is excellent, fine. I will not say it is bad. But it is not for everyone. And not everyone who attends 6 months training comes out succesful on his/her farm.

Hmmm. Not everyone is interested in getting paid while suffering in the bush. For what? How much will I pay trainees? Just keep it open, and let people who want to go to do 6 months in a remote area go do it. And those who can survive without it, will always be ok. Also, those who will lose their cash will surely do. Not everyone will be successful. It is a fact!

Not everyone who attends your 6 months training is satisfied. But I will still not say your program is bad. It means, it is not just for everyone. So, why force it on everyone that training is a must in the bush? I did not train in any bush, and I am comfortable today. And if you have read that I am a billionaire anywhere, you can point it out to me.

Everyone comes here for different reasons. I have shared the reasons I came here. I was reluctant to even open an account here, and you can check the date I registered. So, the purpose you registered here is not the reason someone else did. Just do not make assumptions like that. We are all different in our ways of thought. We are different. It does not make you less to think the way you think. But attacking people is just wrong. You are good in what you do, so be it.

Also, spending 6 months in a bush means there will be a whole lot of expenses too. Is the trainer going to feed him? If the farm records loss, will the trainer pay him? Won't the trainer say he destroys his farm, so no pay. We have heard a lot of stories. Many stories.

Na free world. Very very free world.

The good thing is that, the man is reading all comments. And I really like it. He gets to decide what he wants to do. No need to force 6 months training on anyone. The entrance to market plenty die. No be one route. And if he is gonna learn by failing, so be it. Wetin person never see in this life. The most important thing is that one does not give up at the end of the day. And success is sure.

Finally, did you go for 12 months training before you started? If you had attended one before setting up, did it stop you from not making loss at a point in this your career? And if you did not, are you not still standing despite the challenges? What really helped you survive the chalenges, the six months training? Please, if you do not answer these questions honsestly and truthfully, do not quote me again sir/ma.

Blessings!

jethro2:


Let me share few of my farm experience with you

In 2013, I read so many of the exploits that people wrote on nairaland.

How they make 2million from 1 acre of cassava.

Someone said he is making N2million from cucumber farm

And so many others

All this their exploits lead me to farm.

I started with 20 hectares of cassava
Which completely flopped

All the information on nairaland or internet are quite different from what you get to meet on ground

Price of crops or livestock fluctuates
Cassava currently sell for N20,000 per 3 tonnes in my place

Not to divert

I move to planting corn, on several acres too.
Still the same thing


Cucumber I have been there
Tomatoes
Pawpaw
Etc

All they give on line are projections.
Most of the people that advise online don't have a farm.


They knew nothing about the farm other than what they read in books

I am still in the farm and we are getting better because we have adopted a new farming system

My team grow vegetables.

Sure they will tell you it's the easiest thing to grow

Don't mind them ooo
It's all fables

Every crop has its delicacy

Even livestock

We have done chickens
We have done rabbits

We even have an industrial incubators for hatching eggs.

I told my team let's face one and grow it well.

So we set aside the poultry and rabbits pending

Check the gric section on nairaland.

Most of this advisers only last for few months or years

They are nowhere to be found

Someone that told me he make 2 million from cucumber showing the pictures we get to realise it's someone else farm

So many abounds

A word is enough for the wise
Shallom

All what you have written here is saying exactly what we are saying. Let him carry out research well. If he decides to stop at nairaland's advices, it is his cup of tea.

If he does not meet farmers, sellers, consumers, etc, how can he know what he is to do? How can he decide what to do? Let him make his research first, and if he opens another thread that, yeah.....I want to do veggie, what should I do? Then, feel free to tell him to spend 3 years as an apprentice in the bush.

He should check out livestocks: poultry, piggery, fishery, rabbit, grasscutter rearing. Even, goats, cattles, sheep are all included.

And then, he needs to look into: trees and fruits, cassava, plantain, etc. And then veggie. Maybe the man will fall in love with cash crop, and may decide to hold on. Who knows?

It is not always veggie! It is not always cassava! And it should not always be plantain.

To me, coming here to ask what i should do with 1 million naira is funny. How does he even know the person replying him has got 1 million naira. And he wants to take advice from someone who is poorer than him? It is not funny.

Anyway, a don waka commot this thread. If he wants to spend 12 years in the forest as an apprentice learning how to cultivate cassava, it is his choice. And if it is in the bush he is going to make a good marketing research, it is his cup of tea.

Just allow him decide what he wants to do first. He can think of training after that. At the end, it is his business. If he wins, he will not share with me. And if he loses, he carries his cross. It is why he must make a thorough research before he even decides to attend any training.

Point of correction please.
Never in my life or any of my advice or suggestions have I ever or will ever advice someone to come train at my facility.

No. I don't and will never do that

I will always give people the best of advice because if i have had such I won't have make so much mistakes as I have made on the farm.

What exactly is wrong with saying " go stay in the bush?
Except the farm is at the back of his house

Have you ever heard the saying "Igbelowo wa"

Meaning "Money is in the bush"

I would also give anything to have had the opportunity of getting the privilege that some are getting by learning from someone's experience through practical training

I open thread to advertise when I want people to come for training.
I don't solicit for training where people need advice on the next step to do

Glad you know my antecedents of attacking people.
It earns me a great name for being sensitive and always creating awareness to scam

Check every of the people I have attacked like you rightly say.

If the truth don't come out now, it comes out later.
So I am glad that works

Except you are saying I am wrong to point out whenever I feel something is wrong with someone's postulations

I don't think so

My 5th year and I am still learning
The truth is 10 years is not enough to keep learning in that bush

Farm is not a get rich quick scheme


We are advising on spending a million naira wisely on the farm here.

And I still maintain.

He needs the practical experience.
I am not the only one with practical experience.
I did not advice him to do crop.

I did not even advice to do fruits and vegetables.

Al I say and emphasize is he should get basic knowledge, understanding, information, trainings on whatever part of agriculture he is planning to venture into

Actually I didn't say in the last write up, going from catfish to poultry to goats to crop to different type of whatever form will deplete his resources faster than expected.

All still boil down to picking a choice and sticking with it.

True I do organic.
You must have known me so well
But not on this forum or where ever have I ever preached that everyone must do organic.

No. Capital NO

And in summary the whole thing boils to let's give advice based on what will benefit the person seeking for advice.

And not based on what we think we know or want people to believe we do know

Have a blessed weekend

fluentinfor:


I have read so much from your thread too. And I always read you are always first to say go stay in bush.

No one is saying they must not learn. I learned. I can point to 3 or 4 people even on this nairaland who never stepped on farm to do 6 months course. For what? That Mr. A wants to stay in bush for 2 years and learn, does not mean Mr. B is not proactive and cannot add one plus one to get two.

So, for plaintain and papaya, does he need to stay in bush for 6 months? For cassava, does he need to stay in bush for one year? At least, allow him decide if he is going to settle for veggie, before proposing your six months training. . He can decide to even do livestock. Don't you get it? Why rush to tell him 12 months to set up papaya, plantain training is needed?

That he attends traning does not mean he cannot lose his money. Would the teacher follow him to market to sell his products when he finally finishes the so called 6 months training.

See, let the man make his research himself. Making research does not leave a single kobo from his pocket. After his resesrch if he decides to go for 10 years training, so be it. If he feels plaintain is the best for him, let him find the best place to get suckers, and negotiate well. If it is papaya, he can buy seeds or seedlings. And let him get the basis well. There is absolutely no need for any training if he choses either of the crops. Or is it 12 months cassava training?

No one is saying training is wrong. But let him do the first thing. Let him start from the market, and not from farm. That we train people does not mean we push anyone to train. If the fellow is sound, he can always teach himself and I insist. If he decides to learn by himself, so be it. He can come out fine. It is his money.

There are benefits of working in groups. But it is not for everyone.

I think you are pro organic, so I do not see how you can come learn with me cos I am not crazy about organic. I use pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizer. So, there is no point for me to come learn on your farm, and you vice versa.

If you train people, and they are succesful, good luck to them. The man only asked for opinion, and you gave yours, and I gave mine. Madam/Sir, it is always good to respect people's opinion. No need to attack anyone. I have seen you attack people unnecessarily. Not good at all.

Everyone has failed at one point. We all have our stories to tell. I have shared bad stories from my experience. So to say it is a must to go for 6 months training is not right. If your 3 to 6 months training is excellent, fine. I will not say it is bad. But it is not for everyone. And not everyone who attends 6 months training comes out succesful on his/her farm.

Hmmm. Not everyone is interested in getting paid while suffering in the bush. For what? How much will I pay trainees? Just keep it open, and let people who want to go to do 6 months in a remote area go do it. And those who can survive without it, will always be ok. Also, those who will lose their cash will surely do. Not everyone will be successful. It is a fact!

Not everyone who attends your 6 months training is satisfied. But I will still not say your program is bad. It means, it is not just for everyone. So, why force it on everyone that training is a must in the bush? I did not train in any bush, and I am comfortable today. And if you have read that I am a billionaire anywhere, you can point it out to me.

Everyone comes here for different reasons. I have shared the reasons I came here. I was reluctant to even open an account here, and you can check the date I registered. So, the purpose you registered here is not the reason someone else did. Just do not make assumptions like that. We are all different in our ways of thought. We are different. It does not make you less to think the way you think. But attacking people is just wrong. You are good in what you do, so be it.

Also, spending 6 months in a bush means there will be a whole lot of expenses too. Is the trainer going to feed him? If the farm records loss, will the trainer pay him? Won't the trainer say he destroys his farm, so no pay. We have heard a lot of stories. Many stories.

Na free world. Very very free world.

The good thing is that, the man is reading all comments. And I really like it. He gets to decide what he wants to do. No need to force 6 months training on anyone. The entrance to market plenty die. No be one route. And if he is gonna learn by failing, so be it. Wetin person never see in this life. The most important thing is that one does not give up at the end of the day. And success is sure.

Finally, did you go for 12 months training before you started? If you had attended one before setting up, did it stop you from not making loss at a point in this your career? And if you did not, are you not still standing despite the challenges? What really helped you survive the chalenges, the six months training? Please, if you do not answer these questions honsestly and truthfully, do not quote me again sir/ma.

Blessings!

jethro2:

Point of correction please.
Never in my life or any of my advice or suggestions have I ever or will ever advice someone to come train at my facility.

No. I don't and will never do that

I will always give people the best of advice because if i have had such I won't have make so much mistakes as I have made on the farm.

What exactly is wrong with saying " go stay in the bush?
Except the farm is at the back of his house

Have you ever heard the saying "Igbelowo wa"

Meaning "Money is in the bush"

I would also give anything to have had the opportunity of getting the privilege that some are getting by learning from someone's experience through practical training

I open thread to advertise when I want people to come for training.
I don't solicit for training where people need advice on the next step to do

Glad you know my antecedents of attacking people.
It earns me a great name for being sensitive and always creating awareness to scam

Check every of the people I have attacked like you rightly say.

If the truth don't come out now, it comes out later.
So I am glad that works

Except you are saying I am wrong to point out whenever I feel something is wrong with someone's postulations

I don't think so

My 5th year and I am still learning
The truth is 10 years is not enough to keep learning in that bush

Farm is not a get rich quick scheme


We are advising on spending a million naira wisely on the farm here.

And I still maintain.

He needs the practical experience.
I am not the only one with practical experience.
I did not advice him to do crop.

I did not even advice to do fruits and vegetables.

Al I say and emphasize is he should get basic knowledge, understanding, information, trainings on whatever part of agriculture he is planning to venture into

Actually I didn't say in the last write up, going from catfish to poultry to goats to crop to different type of whatever form will deplete his resources faster than expected.

All still boil down to picking a choice and sticking with it.

True I do organic.
You must have known me so well
But not on this forum or where ever have I ever preached that everyone must do organic.

No. Capital NO

And in summary the whole thing boils to let's give advice based on what will benefit the person seeking for advice.

And not based on what we think we know or want people to believe we do know

Have a blessed weekend

The good thing about you is that you are passionate about what you do. And you do not want others to fall where you fell. But really, human beings like to fall. When you tell them this is the road, they see you as their enemy.

I agree with you with most of the things you wrote. You know what... I was very frustrated and almost yelling at a grown up man one day. And thank God for his maturity. And he politely told me that I need to respect his decisions. And at the end, if he fails, it is a learning curve. It is the truth. He was right, and I was wrong.

Our differences are the beauty of everything. And it is how people learn.

I am not invisible as I have interacted with many, but I am not just a front page person. I respect your style. We both know it is not easy, but we can only do what God has sent us.

I need you to confirm this too. The greatest challenge is workers. Without workers, one can do nothing. It is why most farms are collapsing. And it is why I advocate for using modern techniques to reduce the need for workers on farm. What I advocate for are common senses.

Having said that, i believe you must have trained a few brains. They just learn faster than even the teacher.

Again, there are people who do not have time at all to farm. The guy has just said he has 1 million naira, and he may really be a big boy. Who knows? To him 1 million naira might be a mini fraction. And to someone else, it may be huge amount.

If you look back, you might have lost a connection because the person was trying to talk in millions, when the focus you were given him is to stay in hundreds. I have lost such connection too. I learned well.

I came to nairaland because I am so tired of the old ways I see here daily. Very terrible sight that investors in diaspora do not want to see. Or if someone gives you $100,000 today, will you reject it? There are grants all over the place that big boys and girls know about, and they cannot get the right person to execute them.

To me, nairaland is ONLY about small things. Are we suppose to still continue show casing cutlasses and hoes on nairaland in 2018? A site many brains, investors, researchers from all parts of the world are reading? It should not be so. This is what I am saying. I have seen some things you have done, and I bet you that you can do better if you have the right resources.

For example, that Harvard lady who is the boss of Tomato Jos did not jump into training. She went to farm to get her numbers. She did not sleep on farms. She was talking to farmers, getting her numbers in those days. Then after, she made a good business plan. No matter how you see it, you must get figures to plan your farm. That business plan is what she used to launch her campaign on one of the crowd funding websites. And she raised $50,000. She can do that because of who she is, and the business plan she has. Not because of any training.

Bank of Agriculture will not ask you for training certificates, but for a business plan. So, if anyone decides to just rank xerox a consultant on nairaland, it is his/her cup of tea. He has the bank to report to. So, when you realise you do not want to fail, you will do it well.

Training and farm practicals have their own usefulness in agribusiness. Same with the business aspect. Infact, the entrpreneurship aspect is the first skill which comes first. No matter how you see it, figures must be projected. It is left with the owner to use realistic figures or over exageratted figures. This is where research comes in.

When you are sound with practical, and you add entrepreneurship skills to it, you are going to be a unique farmer.

For example, what should I cultivate? I am going to look at my location, and move out to research what I can easily sell. This is marketing. This tells me what I should do, and not what a nairalander tells me to do. Then after, I start meeting farmers for figures. After it, I can ask about the risks involved. Can I manage the risks? And then, i can decide if I am going for training or not. But see, I have just traveled the entrepreneur's path, and not the farmer's path. Farmers always dabble into projects, and come back to nairaland to say....."We have two trailers of watermelon, please help us sell them". I see such threads everytime.

The guy who asked for sales assistance on nairaland after harvest went to a training school, he got it right, but is he not a stupid human being by not carrying out market research first? If he had carried out a market research before training, he might have chosen maize instead of watermelon. And he may not have needed to go for any training, or he may had learned by attaching himself to a farmer to observe from March to August. And he is ready to do it in September to November. Or what is in maize? Is it not to clear land, use the right seeds, get the right chemicas to spray? Also, add fertilizer at the right time? To use one acre as a pilot is not too much for someone with 1 million naira. If he did not get it right, he has enough to still return to farm next season. I mean, he cannot even spend N150,000 out of the 1 million naira for one acre pilot if he is good. I can continue on and on to give you different examples. Many examples of farming you can do without going for 12 months training.

Of course you agree with me..or with my analysis you still doubt my capability? Of course only an experienced farmer understands me. Or do I need to stay on farm for 12 months to know how to use powered mist spray knapsack which can make my work easier? Even the trainings i am going to attend, they aren't going to use planters, fertilizer applicators, mist sprayer, etc. These require different approaches. You learn such skills by talking to farmers who are using them. And if one is not a "mumu", one can easily learn in days, even in seconds. So, I diasgree with you that everyone must go suffer in the bush for 12 months. Nope. No, no, and a big NO.

There are many things one learn theoretically which are the basis of farming. You do not learn the basis of fertilizer on farm. You do not learn pesticides on farm. And you do not learn fungicides on farm. You learn them at home, you walk into chemical stores to check labels. When you see a new stuff, you go online to check it up. And you talk to sellers about new products you must use. Once you know these things, you can easily ask a farmer to show you how to apply them correctly.

What about diseases? You learn diseases at home, and not on farms. And then, when you see any kind of disease you have learned at home, you can easily identify it on farm. Or do you wait till your teacher starts showing you diseases on farm? What if the diseases do not come up? So?

But if your style is to teach everything on farm, I respect your ways. I have just stated the style I believe works effectively.

Another person may end up diversifying after a thorough research. This is the beauty of carrying out a good research before jumping into training. And when you make a good research, you will hear names of good farmers you can approach. Honestly, if anyone carries a good research, he is going to know if he is to go for training, where to go, and what exactly he wants to learn. And then, he can tell the trainer, I need to learn these and not those. S(he) will tell the trainer not to waste his/her precious time learning some things that are not needed.

Hope you get me. We are saying the same thing, but I am just adding to the whole issue that he is responsible for making a research on what he needs to do. It is his sole responsibility, and no one can do it better for him. If he takes his time, he will get it right. I started from somewhere, he can do it too.

But if he wants someone to show him A to Z, and place the figures on his table, then, he is a free meat in the hands of consultants.

Interesting read. No need to antagonize each other. You all have given the Op "a blank cheque" of knowledge. Left for him to withdraw from the wealth of experiences.

Who all this round about talk epp? OP discover what exactly you have a passion for, study it and then establish it. Simple.

Thank you all for your contributions

fluentinfor:
@kunleweb, good suggestion. I understand you very well.

OP, be an entrepreneur before becoming a farmer. There is wealth of information here on nairaland you can use. However, it may be exhausting, and you may not know where to start. I feel you.

Let me help you, start with market research to know what to do.

First: Decide if it is long term biz or short term.
Second: livestock or crops.
Third: Do you want to own a farm or you want to do processing and packaging?

And many more questions you must answer.

1 million naira is nothing these days. At the same time, you can use it to build a good business. So, it can fly away in just a twinkling of an eye, or can build an empire.

Listen, if you are smart, you do not need to attend any training on farm for 6 months. Some people need it, while some do not. I did not attend any training before I started. I trained myself. All I did was to attach myself to experts. And today, those experts consult me. Also, buying seed from sellers who work with experienced farmers is rewarding. As soon as they know you are their customer, they can even visit your farm.

But if you think you need to be on farm for 12 months, go for it. For livestock, try to make yourself worthy so you can observe a farmer. There are procedures you must learn with livestocks, and secrets you must know. You may need to know hydroponic to survive some livestock businesses, and you may need to formulate your feed to perform excellently in others. You may need to study hard too. Do not be deceived, you will need the internet for serious research, except you want to rely on another person. And once you do that, you cannot be better than him/her.

I think it is easier to start crops than livestocks. Just my own accessment. And it seems the profit in crops is more than livestocks farming. Just my personal opinion too.

If you have time, and you can monitor your farm, go for veggie. If you do not have time, go for trees: papaya or plantain. Make sure you make research very well. Do not just buy suckers from anyone. You can get good deals. I mean excellent deals than those on this nairaland.

Let me ask you, if you are doing plantain or papaya, are you going to stay with a farmer in the bush for 6 months to learn? Maybe with veggie, ok. Maybe. But even you are doing veggie, it may not take you that long period to get it right. It is a fact I can defend anywhere. And you do not need to suffer yourself in the bush for the sake of learning. You can teach yourself. The teacher teaching you might not attend 6 months program when s(he) started, so why can't you not do it without 6 months training? But anyone whose intelligence level is low may stay up to 12 months and serve the trainer very well. Not bad! It is a matter of choice.

Let me ask you this again. There are big boys in the oil sector that own farms. Do you think they went for training in a bush for 6 months? Let us be realistic. Where is the time to go for training? OP, if you're rich, and you've like 30 million naira to invest, do you see yourself spending 6 months in a bush? Be realistic.

So, ask yourself, what did those successful people do? Go ask most of those who jumped to farm for 6 months training without carrying out proper research, they graduated, and started working for big boys earning N30,000 to N50,000 monthly salary. It is a fact. You have this 1 million naira, make sure you do not squander it. If you do, you will also turn to " a beg to apply as a supervisor/manager on farms, i learned in the bush for 12 months, I am experienced" lol..

Market Research First! Business Research follows! Then, get involved with people who will help, and not those who will destroy you. It is a process you need to take. When you have carried out your research excellently, no one can easily destroy you. But when you are lazy, you are a free meat for them.

It is your money. Sit down, make thorough research. Find fish farmers and ask many questions. When you are done, move to a pig farmers. Snail, poultry, grasscutter, rabbit, cattle, goat, sheep, etc. Take note everything. Then, move to crops: cassava, plantain, pineapple, veggie, papaya, etc.

I feel your pain sir. I can give you free info on veggie, papaya, plantain, pineapple and some other stuff. Then, i can link you with another trusted farmer who can add more to it, and also give you info on fish, poultry, rabbit and grasscutter. If he knows you are from me, he will attend to you. I can give you livestock info, but I will let the guy who knows short cuts and deeper secrets to take you. Afterall, if I want to do any of them, I will have to consult him too.

Thenafter, approach other farmers for more info. Compare everytning you have. Then, sit down and decide what you want to do. It will take you time, but it is worth it at the end of the day.

I do not spoon feed. If you can tweak your brain, you will enjoy working with me. If you cannot, you will find it frustrating. It is the truth. Decision making is a process.

More areas of thought:

1. I want to recover my investment fast, and my level of risk taking is high.

2. I want an extreme low risk area, and I do not mind low ROI. I just do not want to lose my money

3. I can afford to spend millions continuously for 5 years before making profit. But when the profit starts coming, they are like money rituals.

4. I cannot visit my farms, except on weekends.

5. I have more than enough time to sleep on farm and monitor workers. And so on.....


Send me email or get me through telegram. Best of luck!

Let me start by apologising for reviving a somewhat stale thread. I just felt like commenting.

You made some valid points in this post and others I have read. Well done!

But permit me to state that N50,000 is significant for anyone who has no job and is tired of staying idle. Your advice mainly applies to people like the OP.

As for jethro2, I can't fault her either. She also has her points. I was actually contemplating participating in her training at some point until I saw another that would be taking place at a nearer location.

Someone like me just want to have a feel of agribusiness to better assess if it's something I'd want to really do. I actually think of this as a way of first doing my research, since the time is there, while also being trained.

I couldn't find your Telegram handle, sir. It will be a pleasure to get useful information and ideas from your wealth of experience.

U1:


Let me start by apologising for reviving a somewhat stale thread. I just felt like commenting.

You made some valid points in this post and others I have read. Well done!

But permit me to state that N50,000 is significant for anyone who has no job and is tired of staying idle. Your advice mainly applies to people like the OP.

As for jethro2, I can't fault her either. She also has her points. I was actually contemplating participating in her training at some point until I saw another that would be taking place at a nearer location.

Someone like me just want to have a feel of agribusiness to better assess if it's something I'd want to really do. I actually think of this as a way of first doing my research, since the time is there, while also being trained.

I couldn't find your Telegram handle, sir. It will be a pleasure to get useful information and ideas from your wealth of experience.

The N50,000 issue was about people who started farm with huge amount, and squandered it because they had not made thorough marketing research before they started. Thenafter, they looked for N50,000 farm job. I did not say that N50,000 is insignificant as it may look like I be-littled people earning around the figure. However, if you want to start a farm, it is insignificant. Please, try to go over what I wrote again.

My telegram link always work sir. Alternatively, send me an email and we can check what the problem is.

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Bonn01:
I reside in Ibadan and I have 1million naira I want to invest in any agriculture enterprise. I need suggestions.

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Be careful there are many scammers on
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money.
I'm an Animal scientist.If you want to invest in
Agriculture,venture into livestock not necessarily a
producer.
I suggest you go into frozen meat (chicken and
goat)
It's preferable if you're living in the city where
there's adequate power supply.
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anybody or invest in crop production.Its very
stressful and not that lucrative

Poultry is the way...

Get adequate knowledge first...
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